caittín

Middle Irish

Etymology

catt +‎ -ín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatʲiːnʲ/

Noun

caittín m

1. kitten

   Synonym: cuilén

Descendants

• Irish: caitín

Mutation

Mutation of caittín

radical	lenition	nasalization
caittín	chaittín	caittín pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caittín(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language